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Libya’s hybrid armed groups dilemma

The lords of war in the changing geopolitical system

Nonstate armed actors in Iraq, Libya, Yemen, and Syria

Two years on from the ceasefire agreement, Libya still matters

Reports

Analysis: Peace and justice in Libya’s transition

Empowered decentralization: A city-based strategy for rebuilding Libya

Navigating the storm: Civil society and ambiguous transitions in Egypt, Libya and Tunisia

American attitudes on refugees from the Middle East

Political Party Development Before and After the Arab Spring

Blog Posts

Rights as realism in the Middle East

Russia’s Wagner Group in Africa: Influence, commercial concessions, rights violations, and counterinsurgency failure

Libya’s migrants and crimes against humanity

Events

Assessing UN state-building in South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and beyond

The evolution of nonstate armed actors in the Middle East

Webinar: COVID-19: Implications for peace and security in the Middle East

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Navigating the Storm: Civil society and ambiguous transitions in Egypt, Libya and Tunisia

After the Spring: Economic Transitions in the Arab World

The Arab Awakening

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Federica Saini Fasanotti

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology

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